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AISISf1 (A RON ME

pelsons are making their home in Vi-,
[-FORMER DETROITER
JEWS CALLED MOST
enna with Frau Rothhirsh where Ir
TELLS OF JEWISH
• ving Rubenstein, Detroit violiist,
BENEVOLENT PEOPLE
lived while he studied in Vienna.
MISERY IN VIENNA Frau
Rothhirsh, incidently, is very
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much interested in the work of the
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is seldom seen. Industry and thrift
Jewish children welfare society which
are an integrant part of the Jewish sparkussen Kanto Nr. 2013) has con- has been referred to and it was she
moral code. firmed its work under great diflicul- who urged Mrs. Kopelson to interest
For absence of actual crime, the ties. Every dollar contributed would her American friends in the organi-
J ews show the but record of an y be used for no other purpose than to zation.
Contributions of clothing or money
race. A Jew in prison, even for a buy food, fuel and clothing, as all are-
minor crime, is a rarity. Nearly al- vices are rendered gratis by the wom- may be sent direct to Mrs. Kopelson
ways a Jewish criminal trial is a en of the organization. Unless help at the address given above, or may be
cause celebre, because so seldom rums from outsiders, the society is addressed to the Detroit Jewish
staged. So unusual is the occurrence doomed to extinction.
Chronicle, in care of the writer.
that some courts express surprise
That would mean a dreadful trag-
when a Jew comes before them under edy in the lives of the children," Mrs.
a criminal charge. Jewish crimes, by Kopelson writes. "Try to picture
reason of their infrequency, a re their little shrunken bodies, grey,
newspaper sensations. Identification, aenemic skins, great sunken eyes that
of offenders as Jews in news reports look double thyir size for the deep,
of crime gives a disproportionate idea dark circles around them, faces that
of the number of Jewish criminals; tell their tales of want, little ones so
(Continued from rage 1.)
but reflection should show that such old for their years."
racial reference really is complimen-
The writer states that checks may ly begun construction of a new 81111
tory to Jews, in that it implies the be made out in dollars and sent to greater Beth El in which we shall
news value that attaches to novelty. the society mentioned above, or small not Only continue but trust to do far
Jew Criminals Few.
bills, of live dollars or less may be greater things than we have been
It will, of course, be argued by sent directly to the writer at her ad- privileged to to in the past." Mr.
some that the meager percentage of dress, XII Schedifkaplatz 3, Vienna, Goldberg expressed the confidence
Jewish criminals is due to the fact Austria.
that members of Congregation Beth
that Jews constitute such a small Asks for Clothing. El would rise to the great duty and
proportion of out total population.
NIrs. Kopelson makes one more op- privilege that was before them.
The answer to this is that the Jewish peal—for worn, discarded cloth in g ,
Shrine of American Jew.
.
element is so concentrated that it ,
"When this Temple shall have been
forms a considerable part of the citi
-, 'anything and everything, no matter
how old or worn, from shoestrings to completed in stately diginty it shall
zenry of all important urban corn-
They do absolute wonders with face the East, "Rabbi Franklin de-
munities, which are the crime centers. ties.
It is interesting, for instance, to note rags that we in America would nev- dared, "but our worshippers shall
Cr dream of giving further thought. stand facing the West. This is con-
compartively the number of Jewish
names in the crime records of New I could distribute these things where Daisy to the old trudiiton. We used
York City, where approximately 40 they would bring such joy that knows to worship toward the East because
per cent of the population is Hebrew.no bounds." we looked toward Jerusalem. No
Their bell is kept ringing constant- longer it we look to the land of our
In this minimum of crime among.y, he writ es, byragged
Out of
stary
ing f athers for our in spiration.
I s
rag e
Jews again we see the effect of spe- little ones, who have disco vered that the past we tk
inspiration for the
oo
cial salutary influences. First might Americans live there. "America! future, but for the future we must
be mentioned the Jew's devotion to
and Americans!" she says. "If you turn forward.
the Decalogue, upon which our mod-
"This Temple, dedicated to the ser-
only knew what that means to them!
ern statutory codes mostly are based, Life, fowl, hope, everything!
Only vice of our faith will be above all else
but which the majority of Gentiles yesterday, Mitzi, the daughter of our the shrine at which the American
can not even repeat. Then there are „ ...ea, , ,,..u,, r, or janitress, was Jew shall worship and it is therefore
the Talmudic teachings, which ingrain ""'
p roudly displaying to us her Aineri- eminently proper that the Stars and
the early intelligence with a respect kaaish c trot and holy, and though Stripes wave at this first altar.
for law and an obedience thereto.
they were not exactly stylish, they "La the world know that though
Personal pride of character is an- were of nice warm flannel a ''d prov. we are Jews in religion, pray God,
other formidable factor.
eel a God-send to this little girl. She we are Americans in nationality and
Few Jews Remain Unwed.
. The better
also hail good heavy new shoes and the tw o go handb in
Marriage is a factor both in pro- stockings, all supplied by the Amer- Jews we shall e, the
handbette r Ameri
meeting personal morality and in pre- Iran Mission, the A rnerikaaish Kin- cans shall we be. The more loyal we
venting crime, and comparatively few dcrxhijf Action. There are hundreds are to our American traditions, the
Jews remain unwed.
of ether little boys and girls thus sup- more faithful are we to our beloved
Also, as most crime has an eco• Plied by the Mission, but it is n o t faith.
nomic cause, the excellent economic near enough."
"This house shall contain not only
condition of the majority of Jews,
a hall for worship, which is the prime
Comp•res Vienna and Paris .
and the rational relief provided for
e, but it shall also contain a
But
there
is
not
only
sadness
in
purpose,
t Vienna.
the indigent minority by their mere
Here
ere
Interesting indeed is her school-house and social Center.
fortunate fellows, partly account Jar
the paucity of crime among the Jews. flys
comparison
of Wien, the
city
of sad- cause of our faith, to the cause. Of
and
hemlock...,
poor
starving
,,,,,,„ ,
Were our population exclusively J
and to the
cause of
wien, so different by contrast with education
we shall delicate
ourselves
to sem
the
ish, we should have as little need for '
the gay, happy, thoughtless, fast liv- vice in the community."
prisons as fur almshouses.
Mark of Self•Respect.
ing Paris, which they had just left
Both by instinct and as a matter
"Let this House lie built on a foun-
behind, with that other N'i enna, with
of intelligence, the Jews are a law. it,, cfrow,, ' ,amen and th, u ,,,, te dation so great that nothing shall
abiding people. Nforeover, the J,w
the
Wien
of
lust
and
orgy.
phase
it May it not only be a Luis
Herren,
loves liberty, physical as well as yo.
"Every night finds
ds every theatre, wark against our foes, but also let it
Micah, more than do most others. A
a
new
mark Of self-respect and
opera house, concert hall, cafe, movie he
to the wild bird is the freedom df
{w
to the doors with a gay, lash- our devotion to those things which
flight and the joy of song and tl.c
flight
dressed areal. R e d„„ tea, lift our live, and the lives around
splendor of the open spaces, no to " ""
(fancy dress balls) are given every us"
the Jew is the privilege of
Philip Stern, son of Mr. and Mrs.
. function- taro or three nights, attended by hun-
•
ing norma y
ma
deeds of gorgeously, extravagantly Milford Stern, represented the last
more can endure confinement and in- gowned, handsome women, where me confirmation class ut the exercise,.
activity than could the restless Be are not admitted save in evening at- The site fur the new Temple was
loin of the stakeless Sahara. So,
These affairs are given for the purchased several years ago, but
a tire,
i
the Jew is deterred from crime by
,Host part in ballrooms, formerly be- building was delayed because of the
his accurate sense of social values.
Al so t h e ' war and the consequent high cost of
bonging to the nobility.
,
Ile sees it is a poor investment,
wonderful opera house has been construction. 1. lassie i in style, the
Jew a Rational Philosopher.
transformed into a magnificent Omit new Temple which is to rise on the
Then, too, the Jew is a rational accommodating thousands, making a site dedicated Friday, is designed not
philosopher. While the Gentile gam- scene of such wealth and beauty as only with a view of architectural
bles with statutory law by "taking '
thos . in . America h
hearing tales of beauty, but also to the efficient work
his chance" under the law of aver- i ‘1'- starvig V iC1'11111 f. V011111 neve r of a large and growing congregation.
ages, the Jew considers the infallible !,Z a ' a ,.:,
The main auditorium will seat 2,200
law of compensation, whereunder he "
people, two smaller auditoriums also
Conditions Grow Worse.
knows the penalty for crime is an
All this riotous dissipation, how- haring been provided. While the
inevitability.
main
auditorium will be used exclu-
' ever, makes the truly dreadful pov-
The modern Jew is civilized
to the
steely
for religious services, the
arty and misery
of Vienna
more
extent that he is constitutionally op- heart b reaking, the letter says. The smaller auditorium will be used for
posed to voluntary acts of violence,' stations are crowded with hundreds concerts and entertainments, serving
therefore his crimes against the per- of barefoot, ragged, undernourished the cultural needs of the community.
son are few, and he has too great a children who jostle and push each
Contains 28 Classrooms.
respect for property rights to engage either in an attempt to earn a few
There will be 28 class rooms, be ,
often in robbery.
sides library, kindergarten and other
kronen carrying luggage.
•tt en diti on , of thepoor continue t o roosts. The building will contain a
In the legal breaches most cone-
mon to Jews there is nothing intrin- grow worse each day for prices of the fully equipped gymnasium. In the
sically criminal. These consist chief- necessities of life increase by such basement there will be a dining room
ly of infractions of repressive laws , leaps and bounds as was even un- which will accommodate 750 guests.
such as those affecting freedom of known in much abused America.
Work on the Ilex• building will be- .
speech and of the press—incidental Last summer meat sold for 100 Krum- gin this week. Architect Albert Kahn
who
has drawn the plans and is in
to their struggle for liberty. Akinen a kilo, today the same quantity
to these are evasion of military con- costs 300 Kronen. At the former charge of construction, promises that
scription, frustration of legal execu - , prices
it will
he
completed
within a year.
these articles were already
lions and violation of Sunday dos - „trove the reach of the masses, and
The present officers of the congre-
ing laws; which things, being in con- today'—all
gation
are: president, Isaac Goldberg
y
the y can do is to stand be-
formity with their code, they justifyfore the windows gazing longingly, vice-president, Adolph Finsterwald;
to themselves. Other legal
offenses
secretary,'
Magnus
A. Hirschfeld;
and really quite considerably crowds
are due to ignorance of local laws ondo gather before the display of meal treasurer, Louis Simon; warden, Em-
the part of immigrants. in butcher shops. , anuel Wealic. Directors: Leo M.
The proletarian Jew will violate"Paper clothing and wooden shoes Butzel, David A. Brown. Israel Coh-
oppressive laws to voice his protest,are a grim reality. The paper is wov- en, Bernard Ginsburg, Samuel Ileav-
it being a part of his tactics thus toen into what resembles real material, enrich, Albert Kahn, Louis Welt and
direct public attention to statutory but it is a very makeshift sort of cos- Milton M. Alexander.
wrong and abuse of official authority, e ..ume at best.
to the end that they may be cot, '
Differences Between Jews.
rected.
The answer to the writers' ques-
Jewish Benevolence.
lion in an earlier letter as to the Jew-
Benevolence and morality are so
ish situation in Vienna brings to light
interdependent that benevolence may
a curious and unhappy situation, the
correctly be catalogued as one of the
animosity between the Wiener Jews
essential moral excellencies. Moral
A real, old fashioned Moonlight
and the Polish Jewish refugees who
persons always are benevolent, and have settled there,
The Wiener Dancing Party, sans frills, sans fea-
benevolent persons usually are moral. Jews blame the Jewish refugee's with tures, sans everything complicating
The Jews are the most benevolent of all the troubles of the city, and do not and exciting, is what the committee
all peoples.
hesitate, to so express themselves in in charge of Shaarey Zedek's annual
Charity is a basic principle of Jew- publk and in terms far from conipli- summer evening lake ride plan for
ish life, "ordained in the Pentateuch n „, n4 ,. y.
They blame the Polish the night of Monday, July 11. Keen
as a commandment and emphasized .lew for the high cost of living, for anticipation characterizes the atti-
throughout the Bible as a social the depreciation of the value of the tude of the younger set toward this
duty." As an example:
Y. P. A. party.
Kronen and for the overcrowding.
For thepoor shall never cease out
ol feel that this ill-feeling is due
Miss Celia Meyers, heading the
of the land: therefore I command a groat deal to jealousy. Many olf
committee, and Mr. Harry Satovsky,
thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy ish .lews, having fled from the land of have provided for the Young Peoples'
hand wide unto thy brother, to thy misery with nothing have been able moonlight the largest and most lux-
poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.” with their bare hands and keen brains urious of the fleet of splendid craft
(Deut. se :11.)
to keep thee .heads above water much dedicated to lake jaunts of this kind.
As one writer points out. "Since easier than those of Vienna. In
The Put-in-Bay, flagship of the D. &
the days of the prophet Ezekiel, Jew-
litany instances fortunes have been C. lines, will carry the moonlighters.
ish law-givers and teachers have in-
amassed. The pew and struggling Finzel's orchestra, Detroit's favorite
sisted that the practice of charity is
Polish Jews are overlooked in the purveyors of music, are under con-
one of the fundamental tests of
envy of the few more fortunate tract to provide the harmonic stimu-
righteousness."
pmts." Ins for the dancers. And there is
Charity—A Privilege.
Tells of Anti-Semitism.
the wide expanse, of cooling, bre•ze-
According to rabbinical law, no
That anti-Semitism is not on the swept decks, dedicated for 'tween-
greater reproach can rest upon the wane hi Austria is clearly illustrated dances or to those numbers wholly
Jew than that any needy coreligion-
in an incident related by Mrs. Roped- reserved to the enjoyment of the ef-
ist should go unaided or have his ne-
son. The Kopelsons were strolling feet of moonlight on rippling waters.
cessities relieved by a member of an- down the main street which leads in- Tickets for the moonlight will he
other race. With the Jew charity is to the Jewish district when they Carla'
on sale within the week and can only-
neither a profession nor a'pretense,
upon a well mob, several hundred, be obtaned through the ticket corn-
but a privilege. It is not practiced yelling,
dangerous individuals. Above mittee. In furtherance of the ideal
for public display, but for personal the deafening roar they heard infur- which has rom ted the Y. P. A

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SHAAREY ZEDEK PLAN
ANNUAL MOONLIGHT
ON MONDAY, JULY 11

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effect. In these matters, at least, sated clues, "Jew, Jew! Let the Jewsmembers in charge to add nothing
Jews are less ostentatious than non- go hall to Palestine where they be- which may in any way detract from

Jews.
Strictly long!
speaking, Drive
there is the
■ among Jews out! complete enjoyment of the evening-
The txplanation for the outbreak of July 11 ,the sale of tickets will
the Jews no such thing as charity in was not long in forthcoming. "Rei- be restricted to a number less than
the conventional sense; relief is be - gen"
a play from
the pen
of Arthur
stowed as a duty and received as a Schnitzler,
a famous
Jewish
play- the capacity of the Put-in-Bay.
right.
' weight of Germany, was playing in a

Your charge account
is solicited.

HAT the word "service" is an integrant part
of the founding principle of this establish-
ment is exemplified by the fact that we have
Sixty-five Display Rooms where our cus-
tomers may view furniture in the proper setting.

T

If you are attracted by the beauty of good look-
ing furniture, then you have only to see this display
to lose yourself in admiration.

Many people wander through this resourceful
store "just for the inspiration of it," and we are sure
that you cannot but benefit from so delightful an
excusion—to see this furniture is really worth the
trip—it was all made to grace some home, and
yours may be made more attractive through the
addition of a piece or two.

INQUIRY MADE INTO
RECENT JAFFA RIOT

But objects of Jewish benefactions local theatre with the permission of
by no means are restricted to mem-, the mayor. The Christian Socialists,
bers of the Jewish race . In his be- a political party at variance with the
nevolence, as in all other things, the Mayor, incensed at their failure to
Jew is universal. In all the ancient prevent :he performance of the play,' LONDON.— Colonel Wedgewood
teachings he is exhorted to befriend resorted to mob effort, and the very asked the Colonial Secretary in the
the alien and give of his bounty to lowest delement of Vienna was in- House of Commons whether the
the needy stranger. These horta - cited for this purpose and sent to the. Chairman of the investigation Corn-
Cons he heeds, and his heart responds I theatre. They succeeded very well. Mission of the Jaffa events is the one
and his hand relaxes to every demand The play was stopped, many persons who sentenced Jabotinsky and his fo-
ot human distress, regardless of race in the audience seriously injured, the lowers to long imprisonment. Ile al- ,
or religion.
inside of the theatre wrecked to a so inquired whether the "Veal Ilaz-
Benevolence is the crowning bauty great extent and wraps stolen. Rings irim" had protested against the op.
of Jewish character, and benevolence were snatched off, and above all the pointment of Cormack and whether
is a moral quality.
the Arabs found guilty in the recent
cry of "Jew! Jew!"
thus the letter goes on for • disturbances had been sentenced.
USES POLISH NAME; PUNISHEDAnd
Colonel Wood, one of the Under-
many pa es, full of interesting epi-
WARSAW.—A court martial here !odes the speak eloquently of many Secretaries, replied that Sir Thomas
has convicted a Jewish woman physi- phases of ife in the Austrian capitol. is the chairman of the Investigation
clan, Rebecca Ukrainic for making The Xop !sons expect to remain in Ilaycraft, Chief Justice of Palestine,
Commission, the other members of
Vienna f some time.
use of the Polish name "Ludvga."
,
By a c rious coincidence, the Ko•, which are Luke and Stubbs.

Pringle Furniture Co.

431 Gratiot Avenue

One and One-Half Block from Broadwa y.

David Pringle,
Mgr.

